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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

ESCITALOPRAM 10 MG TABLET

For 30 tablets

Pharmacies pay

$1.18 filed

30 × $0.03945 per EA

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D paid

$5.71 filed

30 × $0.19025 per EA, Part D average

Medicare's price is not your price.

Medicare Part D · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv · eff. 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · as of 2026-06-25 · retrieved 2026-10-18


The spread

4.8× estimated

Medicare paid 4.8× what pharmacies pay.

Part D averages every strength and form sold under “Escitalopram Oxalate” into one figure, so it is not specific to this NDC.

OpenBill calculation · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv + nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2026-09-23 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17) · Part D 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 (file of 2026-06-25, retrieved 2026-10-18)

Cost-plus estimate

$6.36 estimated

$1.18 + $0.18 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $6.36

This is a model, not a price any pharmacy quoted. Shipping is not included. For a pack this cheap, the $5.00 fee is most of the estimate. How it is worked out

OpenBill calculation · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2026-09-23 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)

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What it is

ESCITALOPRAM 10 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as “escitalopram” and “escitalopram oxalate”, as its NDCs’ listings variously write the nonproprietary name.

FDA gives its dosage form as “tablet, film coated” and “tablet” and its route as oral.

FDA lists 12 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Major Pharmaceuticals, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited and Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 22 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 21 of them.

NADAC classes it as a generic drug (rate-setting class G), and does not mark it as sold over the counter.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $1.18 for 30 tablets (30 × $0.03945 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-09-23. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.

NADAC’s explanation code for it: 1, calculated from the most recently completed pharmacy survey.

The 12 labelers

LabelerNDCsPharmacies pay per unit
Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$0.03945 per EA filed
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited3$0.03945 per EA filed
Aurobindo Pharma Limited2$0.03945 per EA filed
BluePoint Laboratories2$0.03945 per EA filed
Cipla USA Inc.2$0.03945 per EA filed
Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc.2$0.03945 per EA filed
SOLCO HEALTHCARE US, LLC2$0.03945 per EA filed
American Health Packaging1$0.03945 per EA filed
Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging, LLC1$0.03945 per EA filed
Major Pharmaceuticals1$0.03945 per EA filed
NorthStar RxLLC1$0.03945 per EA filed
Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLC1$0.03945 per EA filed
Not listed as a package in the FDA directory1$0.03945 per EA filed
All 22 NDCs, with labeler and price
  • 00904-6426-61 · Major Pharmaceuticals · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 13668-0136-01 · Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 13668-0136-05 · Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 13668-0136-10 · Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 16571-0756-01 · Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 16571-0756-10 · Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 43547-0281-10 · SOLCO HEALTHCARE US, LLC · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 43547-0281-11 · SOLCO HEALTHCARE US, LLC · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 65862-0374-01 · Aurobindo Pharma Limited · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 65862-0374-05 · Aurobindo Pharma Limited · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 68001-0592-00 · BluePoint Laboratories · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 68001-0592-08 · BluePoint Laboratories · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 68084-0617-01 · American Health Packaging · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 68084-0617-11 · not listed as a package in the FDA directory · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 68645-0519-54 · Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging, LLC · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 69097-0848-05 · Cipla USA Inc. · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 69097-0848-15 · Cipla USA Inc. · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 72603-0150-01 · NorthStar RxLLC · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 76282-0250-10 · Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc. · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 76282-0250-30 · Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc. · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 76282-0250-90 · Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc. · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
  • 82009-0036-10 · Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLC · $0.03945 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed

Other strengths, forms and brands

7 other products in the NADAC file share an FDA nonproprietary name with ESCITALOPRAM 10 MG TABLET.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
ESCITALOPRAM 5 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$0.04157 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM 10 MG TABLET this page
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$0.03945 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM 15 MG CAPSULE
generic · capsule
$5.45324 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM 20 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$0.06316 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 MG/5 ML
generic · solution
$0.14255 per ML filed
eff. 2026-09-23
We don’t know yet
LEXAPRO 5 MG TABLET
brand · tablet, film coated
$14.74325 per EA filed
eff. 2026-01-02
$14.04358 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
LEXAPRO 10 MG TABLET
brand · tablet, film coated
$15.41264 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$14.04358 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
LEXAPRO 20 MG TABLET
brand · tablet, film coated
$16.09413 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$14.04358 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average

Part D is one average per brand and generic name, over every strength and form.

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-01-02, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv · eff. 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · as of 2026-06-25 · retrieved 2026-10-18

Compared with its class

The middle of its 22 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $0.03945 per EA filed.

Of the 58 other products in FDA’s Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor class priced per EA, 51 have a higher middle NADAC price and 7 a lower one. The one in the middle is TRAZODONE 300 MG TABLET, at $0.49767 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Prices are compared per unit, whatever the strength or dose, and a class is not a list of substitutes.

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $5.71 for 30 tablets, at an average of $0.19025 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Escitalopram Oxalate”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 12,685,003 Part D claims (fills, including refills) for 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31, across every maker, strength and form under the name.

Medicare's price is not your price.

What to ask at the counter

None of these figures is your price: what you pay depends on your pharmacy, your insurance, coupons and discounts.

Questions

Why is the comparison with Medicare for ESCITALOPRAM 10 MG TABLET labelled estimated?
Beyond what the card shows, the records give these reasons: The Part D figure covers 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31; the NADAC price is from the file of 2026-10-14. Part D spending basis, as the Part D record states it: Part D 2024 average spend per dosage unit for Escitalopram Oxalate / Escitalopram Oxalate: all makers, strengths, forms and routes combined, claim-weighted; gross cost incl. dispensing fees and patient pay, before rebates. Unit taken as NADAC's EA. Joined on generic name. 65 of 70 NADAC NDCs joined to this name are priced per EA (5 per ML): CMS's average mixes those units.